Chicago circa 1900
This actually begins a little earlier than 1900, but Chicago circa 1900 should cover some years prior. My grandfather was born in Chicago in 1894. …
Month: June 2022
Thought goes here…
I am at the crossroads. I came to ask the devil to teach me to play guitar, but he’s claiming it’s all drum machines and …
The Ballad of Spider John
The other night I force fed several story songs to my 4381 class. I was trying to point out narrative structure in songs. I inundated …
It was sometime late December, a couple of decades ago.
The plaster fell from the wall. The mic stand hadn’t seen a mic in a dozen months or more. The decorator had died before starting …
17 things I learned from listening to country music in carpool in the 70’s
This is another repost from the old days. The 1970’s were wrong in so many ways and right in so many others. The first song …
Gulf between
Feeling out of step with the world today. Went to the sea to see, and to be, and to think and to dream. #cloudy, #gulf, …
The problem with livin’ is all the dyin’
When I was young, I remember getting upset with my dad because every story he told ended with the I felt unecessary addition that the …